Ode to a Shoe Technical Specifications for
Manufacturing Tennis Shoes
My son’s tennis shoes rest temporarily in a
heap against the kitchen door,
their laces soiled, their tongues hanging out
like exhausted terriers.
The soles, worn down on the insides from
sliding into second
are green, the shades of summer.
Canvas exteriors, once pristine white, are the colors
of the rainbow-
sun bleached, mud-splattered, rained on,
ketchup and mustard adorned,
each shoe shouting a child’s joyous
exuberance: “I’m alive!”
Ode to a Shoe
My son’s tennis shoes rest temporarily in a
heap against the kitchen door,
their laces soiled, their tongues hanging out
like exhausted terriers.
The soles, worn down on the insides from
sliding into second
are green, the shades of summer.
Canvas exteriors, once pristine white, are the colors
of the rainbow-
sun bleached, mud-splattered, rained on,
ketchup and mustard adorned,
each shoe shouting a child’s joyous
exuberance: “I’m alive!”
Ode to a Shoe
My son’s tennis shoes rest temporarily in a
heap against the kitchen door,
their laces soiled, their tongues hanging out
like exhausted terriers.
The soles, worn down on the insides from
sliding into second
are green, the shades of summer.
Canvas exteriors, once pristine white, are the colors
of the rainbow-
sun bleached, mud-splattered, rained on,
ketchup and mustard adorned,
each shoe shouting a child’s joyous
exuberance: “I’m alive!”
The D40 Slammer Tennis will be manufactured to the
following specifications:
Sole: Neoprene rubber #345 white enamelled paint,
1.589” high, Slammer waffle-textured©
Uppers: Blue canvas
Tongue: White canvas, Oval Slammer© logo heat-
pressure seal, centered .50” from all sides
Laces: 15” long, 100% cotton
Aglets: Clear polyacetate plastic #290
Weight: 1 lb. 6 oz.
Technical Specifications for
Manufacturing Tennis Shoes
The D40 Slammer Tennis will be manufactured to the
following specifications:
Sole: Neoprene rubber #345 white enamelled paint,
1.589” high, Slammer waffle-textured©
Uppers: Blue canvas
Tongue: White canvas, Oval Slammer© logo heat-
pressure seal, centered .50” from all sides
Laces: 15” long, 100% cotton
Aglets: Clear polyacetate plastic #290
Weight: 1 lb. 6 oz.
Technical Specifications for
Manufacturing Tennis Shoes
The D40 Slammer Tennis will be manufactured to the
following specifications:
Sole: Neoprene rubber #345 white enamelled paint,
1.589” high, Slammer waffle-textured©
Uppers: Blue canvas
Tongue: White canvas, Oval Slammer© logo heat-
pressure seal, centered .50” from all sides
Laces: 15” long, 100% cotton
Aglets: Clear polyacetate plastic #290
Weight: 1 lb. 6 oz.